地方紙(ちほうし)

ちほうし
noun
regional newspaper; local newspaper
media
1. regional newspaper; local newspaper
A newspaper that covers news primarily for a specific region or prefecture, as opposed to national newspapers. Japan has many strong regional papers with loyal local readerships.
地方紙(ちほうし)を読(よ)む。
To read a regional newspaper.
そのニュースは地方紙(ちほうし)にしか載(の)っていなかった。
That news was only in the local newspaper.
地方紙(ちほうし)は地域(ちいき)の細(こま)かいニュースを取(と)り上(あ)げるので、全国紙(ぜんこくし)にはない情報(じょうほう)がある。
Regional newspapers cover detailed local news, so they contain information not found in national papers.

A compound of 地方(ちほう) (region, locality) and 紙(し) (paper, short for 新聞(しんぶん)). Japan has a robust regional newspaper tradition, with papers like the 北海道新聞(ほっかいどうしんぶん), 中日新聞(ちゅうにちしんぶん), and 西日本新聞(にしにほんしんぶん) having very high readership in their regions.

Common collocations

  • 地方紙(ちほうし)の記事(きじ) — a regional newspaper article
  • 地方紙(ちほうし)の記者(きしゃ) — a local newspaper reporter
  • 県紙(けんし) — prefectural newspaper (more specific)

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Related Words

Compare: 新聞(しんぶん) (newspaper)
Compare: 夕刊(ゆうかん) (evening paper)
Compare: 地元紙(じもとし) (local newspaper)
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